Summary

New Ixalan decks are in, both in real life and through MtGO, and it looks like we might be shaping up for a very healthy and diverse format. Some old decks have seen success in the format, but new and exciting decks have appeared on the edges of the format and have been picking up traction. The deck we’re featuring today is B/R Aggro, which aims to out-speed the format.

At 2 mana, this deck plays Glint-Sleeve Siphoner and Scrapheap Scrounger. Scrapheap Scrounger is the more aggressive of the two options, offering another recurrable threat that has good attacking stats on it. Glint-Sleeve Siphoner offers some evasion in this deck, as well as a good steady stream of extra cards that lets this deck compete into the mid and late game. Both of these cards have proven themselves to be Standard all stars in the previous format, so it’s no surprise to see them once again appearing in Standard decks.

At the top of the curve, this deck plays Yahenni, Undying Partisan and Hazoret the Fervent, the latter of which being half of the mainboard red splash. Yahenni, Undying Partisan is an aggressive-leaning threat that rewards you for killing opponent’s creatures, while making use of the outclassed creatures that sit on the board. Hazoret the Fervent is an extremely powerful card in these types of aggressive decks, as it serves as a 5/4 indestructible haste threat for just 4 mana with positive text. Much of the issue with most aggressive decks is that their draws in the late game are mediocre, but Hazoret allows this deck’s topdecks to be at minimum 3 mana deal 2 damage to the opponent.